By Richard Oundo Fifteen years after the genocide, Rwanda is shedding the old coat of political and economic turmoil and replacing it with a bustle of projects aimed at transforming the country into an East African economic giant. As part of that drive, on April 6, the first Presidential Advisory …
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Kagame’s advisors propel the economy
By Richard Oundo Fifteen years after the genocide, Rwanda is shedding the old coat of political and economic turmoil and replacing it with a bustle of projects aimed at transforming the country into an East African economic giant. As part of that drive, on April 6, the first Presidential Advisory …
Read More »Experts disagree on World Bank Development Report
By Patrick Kagenda Central Bank Governor Tumusime Mutebile called it “the most innovative thinking in development literature in 30 years” but the 2009 World Development Report has sparked strong opposition among Uganda’s economic experts. They disagree on answers to two fundamental questions posed by the report: Whether the growing concentrations …
Read More »BoU allows free fall of shilling
By Patrick Kagenda But analysts warn strategy could backfire if inflation spirals Did the Central Bank intervene late last month in the local foreign currency market? According to media reports, unnamed Central Bank officials confirmed it had intervened on March 25 to prop up an already strong dollar against the …
Read More »What has Museveni sacrificed?
By Andrew M. Mwenda President Yoweri Museveni claims he appointed his wife as state minister for Karamoja because ‘elites’ were rejecting the job (never mind only one person, Tom Butiime, turned it down). He also justified the appointment of his family members, e.g. his brother, Salim Saleh, to government positions …
Read More »Can a pill a day stop new HIV infections?
By Agnes Asiimwe Scientists excited about a very promising trial A powerful new HIV prevention tool may be on the horizon. Scientists are saying they could be on the verge of ascertaining whether taking anti-retroviral drugs before exposure to HIV could be an effective prevention tool. The Pre-exposure prophalyxis (PrEP) …
Read More »Likely new faces at the Supreme Court
By Rosebell Kagumire Two years before the presidential and parliamentary elections, there is increasing concern over whether the judiciary is capable of ruling against the government, should allegations of wrongdoing in the presidential election arise again. The judiciary has demonstrated some independence in recent years, especially in the settling of …
Read More »Fang Min manages creatively
By Agnes Asiimwe What’s your day like? I wake up at 7a.m; I do exercises for one hour in my house and at 9 a.m. I am at work. I have businesses in China so I work on that first because when its 12 noon here its 5 p.m. in …
Read More »Are NRM bush war heroes plotting against Museveni?
By Odoobo C. Bichachi & P. Matsiko wa Mucoori Kololo meetings celebrate Otafiire ‘downfall’; 2016 is too far to wait In his autobiography, Sowing the Mustard Seed; the Struggle for Freedom and Democracy in Uganda, President Yoweri Museveni argued that in his search for power, former Ugandan President Milton Obote …
Read More »Sekalala believes in hiring the best
By Agnes Asiimwe How is your day like? My day starts at 5.30 a.m. with a workout in the gym for two and half hours. Each day is different. There are days I have meetings with customers, on other days I have meetings with staff. I don’t schedule meetings on …
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